Audacity Forum

corbokhan wrote:I'm having this same problem!

Then it's the same suggestion - upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12

Using a compressor effectively is as much an art as a science. Selecting the optimum threshold and compression settings are a judgement call based on experience and the desired effect - or put another way - guessing. The RMS value will always be less than the peak value (except for square waves wher...

"Upgrade the sound card" means buy a better one. Sound cards may be internal (inside the computer) or external (usually connecting via USB or Firewire). There are advantages specific to each type, but USB sound cards are the easiest to "install" as usually all you need to do is p...

There are some multi-channel sound cards that have multiple microphone pre-amps built in. I think that Tascam make a relatively inexpensive USB sound card like this, but I've not used one and I can't guarantee that it will work with Audacity. Another option is that some mixing desks have "direc...

Then try a different audio player.
For Windows I would recommend Foobar2000. It looks very basic but it is a superb audio player.

I tested my mic with my control panel wizard and it kept saying it did not recognize the mic. As Koz has said - that's the first thing. If Windows does not recognise the microphone then you're going nowhere. You'll have to look at the instructions for how to install the microphone so that Windows r...

For Windows Media Player you might be better to export as "16 bit Microsoft PCM WAV". If you also set the sample rate to 44100 Hz, then you have the most compatible format in the world and even WMP will play it correctly. To set the default recording sample rate to 44100 Hz, go to "Ed...

Audacity cannot record MIDI. MIDI is not sound, it is just control instructions between keyboards, synthesizers and the like. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface To record from your Casio you need to make an audio connection to your computer. If your keyboard does not h...

as far as I can tell it is impossible to make a selection and then click somewhere within it to set the cursor – the selection goes away. That's correct, though with two exceptions: "Edit menu > Region Save/Region Restore" and "Edit menu > Region Lock". However, "Play to/fr...

Audacity does not have ASIO support as standard due to licensing restrictions. I don't have an Alesis Firewire 12 to test, though I seem to recall other users on the forum reporting that it works with Audacity 1.3. It is common in Audacity for it to be necessary to record ALL channels in order to ge...